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DIPLOMATS ARE ALARMED.
Russia, Franc and Great Britain May
Strive to Outwit Germany.
China tha Prey.
All signs point to some new move
In settlement of questions In the Far
Fast. Suspicion Is growing In the
State flcpnrtment at Washington that
tug land has broken her acknowledged
alliance with Japan and formed a se
cret alllnnce with Russia and France,
under terms of which China will event
ually bo carved lip without tnurh re
gard Tor derniany. Just a sign of this
belief resulted from England's action
In the Newchwang Incident, but the
inference was so startling that the
bigber officials refuted to entertain it.
Yet they were greatly surprised at
the unconcern with which England
viewed the affair. England gave her
Japanese ally only the weakest kind
of support and tried to Induce the
United States to drag the British
chestnuts out of the Manchurlan Are.
When It berame known through the
press dispatches that It had been of
ficially announced in the English par
liamrnt that tho British Consul at
Newchwang had reported that the
usplclon of England was extended to
ome of the highest ofllcials In the
Btate department. They think the
Hussions did reoccupy Newchwang as
was stated In the press dispatches
and confirmed by Consul Miller, and
only on the theory that England has
come to a full understanding with
Russia and France can they account
for the British Consul at Newchwang.
Despite repeated denials Russia's de
signs on Manchuria are well under
stood and It is suspected that when
the proper times comes Russia will
assert her sovereignty over Manchu
ria, with perhaps more of the northern
part of China, while England will grab
the YangtRe valley, which Is now In
her "sphere of Influence." and the ad
Joining territory and France will ex
tend the border of French Inrtlo
Chlna a3 far east and north as she
pleases. Germany might be allowed
to take what was left as a friendly
gift and to preserve harmony. The
recent enthusiastic reception given
King Edward In Italy did not com
fort the Kaiser. It has recently been
whispered around the State depart
ment that Germany was trying to
form a new alliance. Secretary Hay
baa heard nothing further from Rus
sia or China about the last move at
Newchwang.
MAINTAINED A MONOPOLY.
Federal 8a It Company Found Guilty
k Under Antl-Trutt Law.
The Federal Salt Company, of which
D. E. Skinner Is president, waa con
victed In the United States District
Court at San Francisco ot maintain
ing a monopoly contrary to the Sher
man anti-trust law. When the case
was opened counsel for the corpora
tion withdrew Its original plea or not
guilty and pleaded guilty to the first
count In the Indictment. The maxi
mum flno Is $5,000. This case marks
the first conviction under the Sher
man law, which went Into effect In
1832. The attorney general's ofllce
won 8 civil suit last fall before Judge
Morrow against the same company on
the eanio evidence. The successful
termination or that suit abolished the
contracts the Federal Salt Company
bold. The Federal Salt Company was
organized in New Jersey In 1900. It
established a business In California
and quickly secured a mononoly ot the
product on the coast, raising the price
from 92 and $0 a ton to $30 and $35.
AT THE NATIONAL CAPITOL.
There Is a chance that Captain
Perehlng, tho hero or Mindanao, will
be mado a brigadier general.
The state department has Informed
Governor Dockery, of Missouri, that It
cannot secure the extradition of Ellis
"Wainwrlght, the millionaire St. Louis
brewer.
Secretary of Agriculture Wilson to
day received word of a fresh outbreak
of the disease among cattle at Fram
Ingham, Mass., and the contemplated
lifting of the quarantine must now be
postponed indefinitely.
Tho Marine hospital at Galllpolls
O., is not to be moved to Point Pleas
ant, W. Va., as Representative
Hughes, of the latter State, had re
quested. Dr. Kerr after a careful in
vestigation Into the matter has re
ported that it would be undesirable
to change the location of the Murine
boapltal.
Tha proposed trip of the Rivera and
Harbors committee down the Ohio
from Pittsburg to Cairo has been post
poned until fall. Chairman Burton,
whs is in the city, expects to sail for
Europe May 21 to bo gone until Octo
ber. He will study the river and har
bor work of foreign countries while
abroad.
Postolfice Inspectors have completed
an investigation of the Washington
city postofilce. Acting Superintendent
Fosnes, of the l're delivery division,
and his assistant, Postofilce Inspector
In Charge Thorpe, of New York, are
malung a rigid inspection of the files
of the free delivery service.
The war department has received
mail advices from Manila that Miss
Floy Gllmore has been appointed as-
alatant attorney general tor the gov
ernment In the Philippines. She Is
tha first woman appointed to such
. an important legal position. She went
to the Philippines as a stenographer.
The Academy of Medicine concluded
tta session by electing President
John D. Roberts; first vice president,
Dr. Thorns Davis; secretary, Dr.
Goas. Mclntler; treasurer. Dr. E. M.
Green. The next meeting will be
!d at Atlantic City June 11 and 13,
Ey direction of tbe President. Col.
. Woodruff, tha senior col
lar th fioramlsaarr Aanmrtmant la
V f pointed a brigadier general
re-ra in Juiy.
AVOID A DEFICIT.
Expenses Cut and No Mora Rural
Routes to Be Established Until
After July 1.
Postmaster General Payne announc
ed that there would be no more es
tablishments of rural free delivery
postal service until July 1, the be
ginning or the next fiscal year. This
Is one result or the Investigation of
postodlce affairs and or the dlscovety
that at the present rnte or Incense In
the number or routes the; a vould be
a deficit of $211,000 in the rural free de
livery service by the end of this fiscal
year. Instructions have been given to
Fourth Assistant Postmaster Oenpral
Brlstow to curtail expenditures by dis
continuing the dally establishments of
routes, and It is expected that the
threatened deficit will he averted. It
Is not intended, however, that the In
vestigation ot proposed routes shall
be suspended, and the field work there
fore will continue. Mr. Payne esti
mated that the total number or routes
fairly entitled to be established in
the entire country would be 38.000,
and at the present rate or Increase
this would be reached two years hence.
Mr. Payne said that he had asked the
civil service commission to have its
representatives make an Investiga
tion or the Washington postofilce, In
addition to the Investigation already
made by postofilce inspectors. He said
this action was taken on account of
charges or violations of the civil ser
vice law In that office.
8TEEL TRADE PROSPEROUS.
Mr. Swank Quotes Figures Importa
tion of Metal Declining.
"Every Iron and steel mill and every
furnace In the country Is working at
Its fullest capacity." said James M.
Swank at Philadelphia. Mr. Swank Is
general manager of the American Iron
& Steel Association and one or the
beBt posted men connected with the
Iron trade. "The report of decreased
business and declining prices is a
canard; there Is no truth In It. The
Importations of rig Iron are declining
somewhat, chiefly because the rail
roads have Increased their facilities
and are now supplying furnaces with
such coal, coke, etc., as they need, so
that domestic production has In
creased. Steel rail imports, for the
reasons stated, are heavy. The im
portation of Ingots, billets, bars, struc
tures, etc.. Is falling off as our own
mills Increase their output. Orders
given for structural Iron and steel are
filled more promptly now than a year
ago. Every Independent mill In the
country Is working to Hb fullest ca
pacity." In response to a question
as to the price of pig Iron and finished
steel, Mr. Swank said: "The price of
rails and finished steel Is unchanged.
Foundry Iron Is ofT $1 a ton. The
reduction waa mado by the Southern
mills about a month ago, and the
Northern mills followed suit about 10
days ago. This reduction has Just
been noised about for the first time
apparently, and the whole Iron mar
ket is being attacked as a result."
INDIANA BANK FAILURE.
A Shortage of $80,000 at the DeKalb
Bank.
The closing of the doors of the De
Kalb bank, of Waterloo, and the Mc
Cloilan bank, of Auburn, Ind., has de
veloped Into on-j of tho largest fail
ures of that section of Indiana. The
closing waa precipitated by Mrs. Eliz
abeth McClellnn, widow of the late
C. A. O. McClellnn filing complaint
against her son-in-law. ex-Mayor Don
A. Garwood, of Auburn. Fhe desired
to have the Interest of t'..j estate In
the banking business settled up so tho
helra could hava their Bhnres and
thereby dissolve tho two banks. J. D.
Lelghty waa made receiver and he
gave out a statement that he believed
the banks would pay 100 cents on the
dollar. Lelghty now states that the
creditors had better force the insti
tutions into bankruptcy. Mrs. Mc
McClellan, he said, overdrew her ac
count at the Waterloo bank for which
she gave her aslo for $25,000 two
yeara ago and her Bon, Charles Mc
Clellan, had given a note for $80,ooo
for an overdraft at the Auburn bank.
It ar pears now. that there will be a
shortage aggregating $80,000. The
creditors' claims aggregate $130,000.
MILES WANTS TO KNOW.
Makes Inquiries of War Department
as to Published Reports,
Secretary Root received "a letter
from Lieut. Gen. Miles asking what
portion of his reports concerning the
conditions In the Philippine Islands
were given to the press, by whom
made public and to whom furn.if.bed.
A reply to Gen. Miles is expected to
show that the adjutant general's of
fice furnished copies cf that portion
of Gen. Miles' report bearing on the
military condition In tho Islands, to
gether with replies of the heads of bu
reaus to whom the report had been
referred for remarks concerning the
matters unjler their direction. The
reply also will show that the judge
advocate general furnished a com
plete copy of the report on cruelties
and atrocities, together with a copy
of the letter of the judge advocate
general to the Secretary of war, which
told what the department had done
concerning the subjocts treated of In
Gen. Miles' report. It has been
charged that all of Gen. Miles' report
was not furnished to the press by the
war department.
No Cut In 8teel Billets.
Officials of the United States Steel
Corporation say there la no truth In
the report ot a cut In the price ot
steel billets. They point out that the
corporation has only recently com'
menced to turn out billets at their
plant at Youngstown, O., to meet the
Dies at the Age of 110.
Peter Stansley. 110 years old,
dropped dead at Upper Sandusky O,,
leaving a wiaow iuo years old.
tmu on trade rani.
AT SAN FRANCISCO.
United States Needs Mightier Nsvy.
Must Protect Her Possessions
and Push Forward.
President Roosevelt, at San Fran
cisco, Cat., made the most Important
speech he has delivered since he
left St. Iiuis. His subject, "Expan
sion and Trade Development and Pro
tection of the Country's Newly Ac
quired Possessions In the Pacific," to
gether with the advocacy of a greater
navy, was one tfiat aroused his audit
ors to a high pitch of enthusiasm. It
was a mighty gathering that listened
to the President. The doors of the
pavilion were thrown open to the pub
lic at an early hour and thousands ot
citizens thronged the building. It was
subsided and the President was able
to make himself heard. He said:
Before I saw the Pacific slope 1 was
an expansionist, and after having seen
It, I fall to understand how any man
confident of his country's greatness,
and glad that his country should
challenge with proud and confidence
our mighty future, can be anything
but an expansionist. In the century
that is opening the commerce and the
progress of the Pacific will be factors
of incalculable moment In the history
or the world. Now, In our day, the
greatest or alt the oceans, ot all the
seas, and the last to be used on a
large scale by civilized men, bids fair
to become. In Its turn, the first In
point of Importance. Our mighty re
public has stretched across the Pa
cific and now in California, Oregon
and Washington, In Alaska and Hawaii
and the Philippines, holds an extent
of coast line which makes It of nec
essity a power of the first class In
the Pacific. We have taken the first
steps toward digging an Isthmian
cannl. to be under our control, a canal
which will make our Atlantic and Pa
cific coast lines to all Intents and pur-
roses contiguous, and will add Im
mensely alike to our commercial and
our military and naval strength. We
must keep on building and maintain
ing a thoroughly efficient navy with
plenty of the best and most formidable
slips. My countrymen, I believe In
you with all my heart, and I am proud
that It has been granted to me to be
a citizen In a nation of such glorious
opportunities and with the wisdom,
the hardihood and the courage to rise
to the levels of Its opportunities."
President Roosevelt spent a busy day
In San Francisco. After reviewing
thousands ot school children on Van
Ness avenue, the President drove
through the Presidio and had a glance
at the buildings, the barracks of the
different troops and the new fortifica
tions. At the Native Sons building
Mr. Roosevelt wns given a souvenir.
the work of a native sculptor, repre
senting a beur hunt, reproduced In
gold.
NAMES OF ALLEGED BRIBER.
Boston Business Man Charges Senator
With Soliciting Money.
Before the Special Senate commit
tee at Boston, Mass., appointed to In
vestigate the charges made by Geo.
Raymond, of Boston, that a Senator
had attempted to obtain money from
him to prevent the passage of legis
lation which affected Mr. Raymond's
business, Senator Harvey C. Foster,
of Gloucester, was named by Mr. Ray
mond as the Senator to whom be re
ferred. Mr. Raymond furthen said
that Mr. Foster stated he had to dl
vldo with Senator Fitzgerald. There
are two Senators Fitzgerald, and the
committee hearing adjourned without
disclosing which ot these was Involved.
WANT EIGHT-HOUR DAY.
International Machinists' 8oclety De
cides Upon Their Demands.
A straight eight-hour day will be de
manded on May 1, 1904, by all ma
chinists working In contract shops and
under the Jurisdiction of the Interna
tional Association of Machinists. 'This
was the recommendation contained In
the report of the committee on a
shorter workday, presented to tho con
vention at Milwaukee. The question
of wages was left to the Executive
Hoard for further consideration. James
O'Ccnnell, of Washington, D. C, was
unanimously reelected president of
tho association, and P. J. Conlln, of
Sioux City, la., was re-elected first
vice president.
PANIC ON A TRAIN.
Forced to Flee from a Pullman In
Their Night Clothes.
Twenty passengers had to flee In
their night clothing at New Haven,
Conn., from a burning sleeping car
at the Union station. An explosion
of illuminating gas sent flames through
the car. In escaping, B. D. Kaptan, ot
New York, left behind a wallet con
taining $30,000 in money and secur
ities. It was later found, water
soaked. None of tho passengers were
seriously Injured. , "
SALT COMPANY'S FINE.
One Thousand Dollars for Violation of
8herman Anti-Trust Law,
The case of the United States vs.
the Federal Salt Company was ended
In the United States Court at San
Francisco by Judge Dellaven, who,
in rendering Judgment on the case,
sentenced the company to pay a fine
ot $1,000.
Buys 8teel In Europe.
The General Supply and Construc
tion Company of New York has se
cured the contract for the furnishing
ot foreign steel to be "sed In the con
struction of the machine shops, etc.,
of the new navy yard of Charlestown.
Tbe material will be of German manu
facture, the government ofllcials hav
ing decided to utilize European steel
owing to better prices and more favor
able delivery having been secured In
comparison with the offers made by
American mini.
LATEST NEWS N0TE3.
Judge refused to release Curtis Jett,
accused of Marcum murder.
A Bible canvasser killed at Fagan,
Tex., for wearing a plug hat.
The British Embasssy will be lo
cated at Newport this summer.
British warships Joined In welcom
ing President to San Francisco.
Richard Henry Stoddard, the poet.
Is critically 111 at his New York home.
Medical congress at Washington
continued discussion of methods of
Dr. Lorens.
A young woman Jumped from third
story window In Chicago to escape
persecutor.
Pope Leo conferred title of marquis
on a Phlladelphlan for large offerings
to church.
George W. Grubhs was elected com
mander of the Indiana department of
the O. A. R.
The convention of the International
Association of Chiefs of Police began
at New Orleans.
Parliament at Melbourne, Victoria,
considered bill to Imprison railroad
employes for striking.
Sixteen oil and gas companies of
Pennsylvania. Ohio and Indiana have
pooled their Interests.
In a collision of street cars at In
dianapolis . thi'ee women passengers
were seriously injured.
Six women employed by the govern
ment as immigrant Inspectors at New
York were dismissed.
Labor unions secured Injunction
against Omaha Business League to
stop fight against union labor.
Orders directing the battleship Wis
consin to proceed to the Asiatic station
have been issued by the navy depart
ment. The zinc plant of the Utah Metals
Company at Park City. Utah, was de
stroyed by fire, causing a loss of
$123,000.
Fire destroyed the Interior of St.
Johns Cathedral, Protestant-Eplseopnl
at Denver, Col. Loss Is placed at
$100,000.
Suit for $1,000,000 back taxes was
hrt-ught by the State of Kentucky
against tho Southern Pacific Railroad !
Company.
Three St. Marys. Elk county. Pa.,
children were brought to the Pasteur
Institute In New York, victims of a
sheep dog.
Mrs. James Wood, of Pittsburg, was
Injured by being thrown to pavement
when coach was struck by New York
street car.
Mrs. Lcland blinded Judge Lueders
of Cincinnati with cayenne pepper be
cause be dismissed her suit against
a policeman.
Mrs. Roosevelt forbade removal of
boxwood trees from White House ter
race after it had been ordered by
Architect McKlni.
The National convention. Knights
of Fidelity, In which Pennsylvania,
Ohio and West Virginia are represent
ed, is in session at Indianapolis.
Governor Samuel W. Pennypacker,
of Pennsylvania signed the Salus
Orady libel bill. He had the bill un
der consideration over a month.
By a vote of 3 to 1 the diocesan con
vention of Georgia declared against
tho proposition to change the name
of the Protestant Episcopal church.
The Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
Company has offered the State of
Maryland $200 a share for the 5.500
shares qf that road's stock held by the
State.
The Great Northern Railway Com
pany signed schedules with Its men
and so averted a strike. The men are
granted an increase of 15 per cent in
wuges.
George Waller, a convict, was stab
bed 20 times In the Ohio penitentiary
at Columbus, O., by John Johncs, a
murderer under life sontence, and Is
dying.
The Western Missouri Court of Ap
peals has decided the members ot a
church congregation are not liable In
law for the payment of the pastor's
salary.
Mayor Doyle at Newport, R. I., de
clared the city In a state of riot be
cause railroad workmen Insisted on
laying a track when ordered by city
-tilcjals to desist.
Policeman Stephen Flanagan, at
Kansas City, Mo shot and killed
George E. Spencer, and wns himself
fatally wounded by his victim, whom
he was trying to arrest.
Eleven men entered the sleeping
apartments of T. P. Jones, In Wilson.
S. C, and one of the party firing at
Jones, inflicted a fatal wound. Sev
eral arrests were made.
Joe Adair, WaBh Turner and Dava
Preddy are dead at Hot Springs, Ark.,
and John Spivey cannot live, as the
result of having partaken too freely
of moonshine whisky,
Anthony Flalo, leader of the second
polar expedition to be sent out by Wil
liam Zlegler, sailed for Norway, where
his ship America is awaiting the ar
rival of the scientific staff.
The Masonic temple In Peoria. 111.,
waa destroyed by fire and Edward
Schradskl, aged 17, lost his life In the
flames. Ex-Mayor Lynch escaped from
the building with difficulty.
William II. Johnson, superintendent
of the poor during the Ames admin
istration, waa found guilty by a jury
at Minneapolis, Minn., of the misap
propriation of $150 of city funds.
Contractors have agreed to give
rock miners In the Wyoming region
the same increase as was awarded
to the coal miners. The rock miners
want their Increase to date front No
vember 1.
Assistant United States District At
torney Ernest 1. Baldwin and Post
office Inspector Oldfield, of Cincin
nati, bad a fight with fists In the cor
ridors of tbe Federal building at New
York.
Dr. Schlamp, tbe largest winegrow
er in Germany, Is under trial at Nler
steln, charged with wholesale adulter
ation of his product. Large quanti
ties ot bis wine were shipped to lbs
United States.
Clay Taylor, alias Prof. Plutte, waa
arrested at Baa Jose. Cal..
mum or m xisDff
STORIES OF HORROR.
Men Were Murdered by Degrees, Ba
bies Thrown from Roofs, and '
Stores Looted and Burned.
It was learned by Jewish agents In
New York that even so Important a
city as Odessa was threatened by out
breaks against the Jews similar to
that at Kishlnelt. The movement was
undoubtedly more or less of a con
certed one throughout Russia. The
Central Zionists' Federation has re
ceived its official report from tho
brethren In Bessarabia. The report Is
translated by Simon Menahan Lasar,
of Klshlnelf, and in a letter accom
panying, he says: "I have the honor
to remit to you the original report
from Klshlneff of the terrible massa
cres which occurred last week against
the Jews, as follows: Klshlneff (no
date) The greatest misfortune has
befallen the inhabitants of our town.
On the 0th and 7th of this month,
which Is the 19th and 20th of April,
new style, an indescribable massacre
occurred. Our synagogues have been
destroyed. Our holy scrolls contam
inated and torn in the most disgrace
ful manner. Those Jews who attempt
ed to preserve the honor of the Holy
Pentateuch have been killed on the
spot. The dead lire scattered through
out the streets just as after a bloody
battle. You may say without exag
geration that you cannot meet an un
wounded Jew In Klshlneff at present.
All have suffered. They fell uoon us
as hungry locusts. They have broken
and destroyed whatever they could
not take with them." The following
letter was received by Leon J. Strom
berg, conductor on the Grand street
car line, who lives at 61 Eldrtdge
street, New York. The "Bnsack.". fre
quently alluded tn, are the lowest
class of people In the cities. "My
Dear Children Now I let you know
about one of the biggest fights that
could exist In the world and the fierce
excltment that happened the 6th and
7th and 8th of April In our own city.
On Friday evening the Busack started
breaking glasses in the stores, and
when the Jews began to take off their
property the Russian police drove
them away from their own houses and
own property, and the Busack took
the chance and began to rob every
thing from the stores the gold and
diamonds. The biggest stores were
broken In pieces and the rest they
covered with kerosene and burned.
The Jews, seeing how they stole and
burned their property, tried to pro
tect themselves. Then the Busack be
gan to strike the Jews with bits ot
wood. Iron, stones, revolvers and
everything they could use. More than
100 people were killed; wounded be
yond recognition, more than 200, anj
1.000 others wounded. Besides this
they killed small children; they
knocked them from the roofs; they
threw them In the river. Forty-three
Jews were killed, but not simply
killed; at first their ears were cut oft,
noses broken, arms and legs dislo
cated; some were found with nails
driven Into their brains, ears and
noses. Over 300 He wounded, over
200 girls were misused.
NEW CURE FOR CONSUMPTION.
Successful Method of Arresting the
Disease Some Cures Effected,
The announcement made by the Ber
lin, Germany, Medical Society of a
new remedy for consumption called
sanoxln, has attracted much attention.
Dr. Danellus, of Sommerfeld, rend a
paper on the cure before the society.
He showed that a number of patients,
mostly workingmen, had been cured
of consumption, and said they were
treated without Interference with
their work. The use of sanonln pre
vents coughing, fever and night sweats
and results In the patient gaining In
weight. Even In severe cases of con
sumption the progress of the disease
has been arrested. The remedy was
discovered by Dr. Robert Schneider.
MONEY FOR MARCONI.
Arrangements for Working Capital
for Wireless Telegraph.
Eugene H. Lewis, chairman of Mar
coni Wireless Telegraph Company of
America, announced at New York that
arrangements had been completed for
providing the Marconi Wireless Tele
graph Company of America with
working capital, not less than a guar
anteed amount of $250,000 and, In
funis contingencies, reaching the sum
of about $150,000. The plan includes
a privilege to stockholders to ex
change' their shares of stock certifi
cates of deposit of the par valuo of
$3 each, which certificates of deposit
will be placed upon tho market In
lieu of the shares ot the company.
KNOX TO URGE ACTION.
Will Ask the Court to Advance Case
of Northern Securities Co.
Authoritative announcement was
mado at Washington of the Intention
of Mtorney General Knox to enter a
rnof? In the United States Supremo
Court to advance the hearing In the
Northern Securities Company case,
tha appeal In which was docketed re
cently In that court. It la not prob
able that the case can be heard bofore
October 19. even ir the motion Is
granted. The vast Importance or the
case will be given as Attorney Gen
eral's reason for asking the court to
expedite It.
Chief Ranger Elected.
At the session of the grand court of
Pennsylvania. Foresters of America,
at Wilmington. Del.. John J. Guerln,
of Philadelphia, was elected grand
chief ranger; Robert Comber, of Phil
adelphia, was elected grand financial
secretary. The supreme court will
meet In Providence, R. I., In August,
Not Ons Escapes Injury.
A passenger train on the Choctaw,
Oklahoma ft Quit was wrecked near
Hot Springs. Ark. "One killed and
20 injured, three fatally." Is tbe re
pert received.
REVIEW OF TRADE.
Healthy Steel Trade Unprecedented
Production of Pig Iron De
crease In Stock.
R. G. Dim & Co.'s "Weekly Review
of Trade" says: The level of quota
tions for staple lines of merchandise
Is well maintained, and jobbers re
port 'increased activity In lines of
wearing apparel. Furniture and har
ness factoiles are well supplied with
orders, and there Is no evidenre of
dullness In machinery or hardware
At most points there are Indications
of Improvement In mercantile collec
tions. Industrial conditions would be
exceptionally encouraging were It not
for the vast army of men voluntarily
Idle. Railway earnings continue to
show the usual gain. May figures
thus far surpassing !a year'n by
13.4 per cent, and those of 1901 by
29.3 per cent. An unprecedented pro
duction of pig Iron In April was ac
companied by a decrease In furnace
stocks, testifying to vigorous con
sumption and wholesale conditions In
the steel Industry. It Is not surpris
ing that a somewhat easier tons Is
noticed, however, because the scarci
ty of fuel earlier In the season bad
retarded output on prompt shipments.
Textile manufacturing conditions are
extremely Irregular. More business
has been done In men's wear, woolens
and worsteds than at any recent date.
Failures this week were 19S In the
United States, against 228 last year,
and 13 In Canada, compared with 17
a year ago.
Bradstreet says: Capital was
sought to be made In the stock mar
ket of tho weakness of pig Iron and
reported decreases In steel, but the
latter Is denied, and while produc
tion of Iron Is now In unprecedented
volume, reliable statistics of stocks
or this material show no accumula
tion. Steel Is coming In from abroad
!n enormous volume, and Imports for
the fiscal year are the largest, with
one exception. In the country's his
tory. A slight revision of prices
would, we believe, not be unpleas-
ing to domestic producers. Pig Iron 1
furnishes a notable exception to the I
strength of other staples, weakening
ns It has, all markets, this inducing
a spreading of stories that steel bil
lots were lower at tho West. No sign
of weakness In finished steel and Iron
products can be found at the leading
Western centers, but there Is a feel
ing Hint heavy imports or foreign bil
lets may shortly affect prices for that
product at seaboard markets. A sign
of strength In the finished material
line Is the report that specifications
for New York are coming forward
rapidly and that mills are pushed to
keep up with their work.
IRON WAGES UNCHANGED.
Result of the El-Monthly Settlement
of the Association.
The bi-monthly settlement of the
Bar Iron Association with the Amal
gamated Association at Youngstown,
O.. May 13, resulted In the wages of
the men remaining the same for the
coming two months as for the last,
puddling being $G.12,4 and finishing
71.4 cents per ton on a 1.7 per cent
rate. John Pearce, of Pittsburg, and
.1. K. Clark and Benjnmln Jenkins, of
Youngstown, represented the men, and
1. H. Nutt, of the Republic Iron and
Steel Company, the Association.
Memorial Arch Dedicated.
The memorial arch erected to the
memory of the 13 missionaries of the
Amerlcnn Board of Foreign Missions
who suffered martyrdom In China in
1900 was dedicated at Oborlln, O..
May 14.
CABLE FLASHES.
Henrlk Ibsen, the Norwegian dram
atist, is again seriously 111.
The English admiralty says the sud
den sailing of the British cruisers
Drake, Brilliant and Rainbow from
Portland for Gibraltar Is not connect
ed with events In Morocco.
The Federation of Manchester, Eng
land, Cotton Spinners adopted a reso
lution that the whole trade stop for
one week, and on Saturdays and Mon
days thereafter until further notice.
Acute distress prevails in tho Nan
nlng njid Tsun-fa district of Kwang
81, China, province. It Is estimated
that 73.000 persons are starving. The
people of Hong Kong are sending re
lief. Gardener Serpollet, a prominent au
tomoblliat, collided with a cart In the
Champs Elysee, Paris, France, and
wast thrown out of his machine and
painfully though not serlouBly in
jured. The Commonwealth, the largest bat
tleship afloat, was launched at Govan,
on the Clyde. She ts the first vessel
of the Brltirh navy to have her 10
Inch guns protected by an extended
barbette, instead of by casemates.
President Palma, of Cuba, has sus
pended the entire list of taxes en
acted by the provincial council of
Puerto Principe. These Include taxes
on property, annuities, timber cut
ting, meat and a percentage on the
salaries of all public officials.
The Osservatore Romano, the Vati
can organ, publishes the apostolic con
stitution of Cuba, containing the hier
archy, according to the agreement ar
rived at by Archbishop Chapelle, the
apostolic delegate In Cuba and Porto
Rico, during his last visit to Rome.
A dispatch from Ceuta, Morocco, an
nounces that tho tribesmen who at
tacked Tetuan were repulsed. They
stubbornly fought their way through
the suburbs to tbe foot ot the walls,
but the Imperial troops eventually
regained their lost positions and drove
off the rebels with heavy losses on
both Bides.
Colonel Secretary Chamberlain an
nounced In the House ot Commons,
England, that as a result of the Brit
ish military operations in the Saketo
and Kano districts, ending with the
capture of tbe emir of Kano, 100,000
square miles of territory bad been add
ed to northern Nigeria and would be
administered by the government of
that terrlforv. '
dllNCK NOTES,
Actmdlng
to Blr -William Tblstlo
tonDyer, director of Kew Gardens,
some expf ImenM undertaken at
Chelsea, a Juburb of London, during
a tog went 4rt prove that in one week
no less thanlslx tons of deposit to the
square mile Icere deposited. Nut oily
did this consist of soot, but a consid
erable variety of tarry hydrocarbons
were also dclooatted, which bad very
Injurious eff
ts upon plant and ant-
mal life.
1
Professor jlingley of the Smithson
ian Institutlc-
has discovered by ex
it tho air In a long
perlmont thi
telescope be a
stated a perfectly qulot
Image of a
star or of any other ob-
ject may be
Inbtalned. Astronomers
have been bothered by the unsteadi
ness of the ahr ever since the tele
scope was Invented, and for that rea
son observatories have been built on
elevated ground! wherever practicable.
The result obtained by Professor
Langley may bri due to the fact that
the agitation olf the air Inside the
telescope offseljs1 the unsteadiness of
the outer air, aid thus equalizes the
conditions. ,11
A paper pointing out the nrany lm
perfectlone of photographic shutters
was read beforelthe American Society
for tbe Advancement of Science at its
recent meeting.! Investigation baa
shown that the fcetter grade of shut
ters are fairly constant In operation,
but the actual duration of exposure
Is often not even approximately that
Indicated by thA maker. Different
shutters of the same make and form
give different exposures when set for
the same time. Some of tbe cheaper
makes, designed to' give long, medium
and short exposures, give equal ex
posures In the three cases. All this
may account for ihp difficulties that
many amateurs bay In their work.
Objects too ttmnil
or distant to be
seen like fixed stare are made per
ceptible by their llirhl. Taking advan
tage of this fact, Sfeiontopf and Zslg
mondy have magniflrkl strongly illum
inated particles, and In this way have
made visible the diffraction discs of
specks of matter approaching mole
cules tn minuteness. Their observa
tions were made urVn particles of
gold embedded In ruly glass. From
the known quantity If gold and tho
number of discs. It wot calculated that
each particle, with an apparent diam
eter of l-60,000th of r millimeter, and
It was further shown i n the limit of
magnification would bf i 30,000 diame
ters. The greatest I powers of this
method would show a particle having
10 times the diameter cf a molecule.
In the body change-Oat take place
rs we grow old, MetcBinkoff and other
physlnlnglsts supporS that an Im
portant part Is takeili ly the phago
cytes, or devouring ( Ic'Ui. Some years
ago It wns mado to ftlpar that! some
of these cells are cJlo- eaters, and
that they whiten Uielhnlr by seizing
the pigment grains and conveying
thera into the skin or i irt of the organ
ism. On further study tbe theory has
been evolved that old i gi itself ts due
to phagocytes that dei trey the nerve
cells. The nerve-eatlfigl cells have
been found in the braljis Of many old
people and old mammals ms well as in
persons sufTorlng froni : lervous dis
ease, but in no case hnvi they been
known to reach such devn lopment or
to have so nearly taken :he place of
the nerve vella as In th brain of a
parroquet that died at th e great age
of 81, after some years o ! feebleness
and senility. :
Human Tree Dwel ers.
In the interior of Malay: i lire about
5000 people, the remnant of an old
tree dwelling race calldd the Sakal.
They dwell In tittle ithntched huts
built In trees at the h Mgjht of from
eight to 20 feet. And n wonder, con
sidering bow they havi been almost
exterminated by the Ma lays.
The Sakals are the ab orlklnesof the
peninsula; they are rati ler small and
of fairly light complex!' n, with ugly
faces, but well shaped ai id ictive bod
ies. They are not yet i iro rlded with
modern weapons, but at
60 feet can shoot dart
distance of
from their
blowguns with almost uit
enflng accur-
acy, thus gettlug plen
y of small
game.
In their trees the poop1
e are almost
Invisible to hunters and 4
xporers who
thread their wtldernesH
Capt Cer
was one of
rutl, an Italian explorer
the first to visit these
queer people
and photograph them. I
ti the current
Outing some ot Capt. (tumitt's pic
tures.are reproduced, as
iwell as some
made by the editor, Caai ar ( Whitney.
Mr. Whitney met the jakal when
bunting rhinoceros. He found them
so shy that It was lmpo slbe to get
within arm's length ot t ioiu. but the
forest men would willing ly trade by
laying down food at the f ot of a tree
and then retiring to a dh tan .-e, while
the white man and his Mlula:' helpers
came up and put down e itiivalent
gifts.
Some few of the Bakal
ave left
their forest home to livel
in
huts at
kins of
British
the ground level on tbe
lout;
the Malay towns. But uAdert
rule the remnant of the tlrlbei
seems
fairly likely to survive anill to
keep its
arboreal habits for yearal
New York World.
to
come.
Australian Cookefy.
Mrs. Fawcett Story, the tecebtly ap
pointed government Instructress In
ccokery at Melbourne, baVs cbme to
the conclusion that "Auatrjaliab cook
ery Is deplorable;" that the colnsumn
tlon of meat tn the commi nwaith la
vastly in excess of tbe Eiigllsk aver
age, and that Australian cooking apt
pllances are "extremely crade.'
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